hot well

noun

1. a tank or reservoir in which hot water is collected before being recirculated, especially condensed steam about to be returned to a boiler.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hot well¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

It is of the vertical kind, and stands on a shallow square tank, which forms the hot well.

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If you are carrying a vacuum equal to 27 inches of mercury, what should the temperature of the water in the hot well be?

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From the bottom of these cliffs, on the east bank of the river, issues the Bristol Hot Well water.

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All steam supplied to the turbine obviously goes to swell the hot-well contents, and to thus increase the total steam consumption.

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I got some water from the hot well; tasting o' copper and grease.

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